Acquisitions - The Company regularly analyzes and
seeks opportunities for strategic growth through
acquisitions and other business ventures. Acquisitions,
especially involving large companies, may present
financial, administrative and operating challenges,
and, including diversion of management attention from
existing businesses, difficulties in integrating personnel
and financial and other systems, expenses with
differentiated salaries of new employees, assumption
of unknown liabilities and potential disputes with the
sellers. It might as well face financial problems and
other problems if the businesses acquired or that may
be acquired in the future give rise to liabilities or other
problems of which it has no knowledge. Acquisitions
outside of Brazil may present additional difficulties,
such as compliance with legal and regulatory systems
of foreign countries and integration of personnel with
different administrative practices and may increase
exposure to risks associated with international
operations. In recent years, the relevance of acquisitions
made by BRF increased significantly, and consequently
increased the magnitude of the challenges.